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Citizens for Global Solutions Minnesota Chapter

Big pigs and barn tours

by Mary Turck, 8/28/08 • The big boar is back, despite a dearth of entries that put this year’s exhibit in doubt until the last minute. On August 14, the St. Paul Pioneer Press headlined “State Fair’s ‘big boar’ contest remains short on sizable swine.” According to the PiPress, the all-time record pig was 1,340-pound Curt in 1994. Last year, Guy Noir said he “was hired by the Minnesota State Fair to provide security for Minnesota’s Largest Pig Ricky, a 1200-pound porker in a pen in the Swine Barn.”

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By Mary Turck , TC Daily Planet

December 1, 2008 – We are working on stories on:

• Jordan Area Community Council
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If you have information, anecdotes, or ideas about these stories, we want to hear from you — email editor@tcdailyplanet.net MORE »

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By Twin Cities teens , ThreeSixty

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By Jean Gabler , TC Daily Planet

Yellow Tree Theatre is a professional theater created in a space vacated by an Osseo furniture store. The stage was created by dropping black curtains and building risers on three sides for a small audience. Two months ago, with rehearsals set to begin, they suddenly lost the rights to their holiday show: Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol. Three weeks later, playwright Jessica Lind, a co-founder of the company, had written Miracle on Christmas Lake and they were back in business. MORE »